Even without a mouse, keyboard and CRT monitor in sight, this is as faithful a recreation of the original experience you can get without facing many of the problems inherent to playing two-decade-old PC games. As you might expect for an adventure game on Switch, you can play with the buttons and analog stick on your Joy-Con or direct Manny through the Land of the Dead by tapping the touchscreen. Twenty years For some of you reading this review, the following game might look just like any other title from the. That ability to dial back the clock even extends to the aspect ratio, which can be played in a traditional (for the time) 4:3 or stretched to a more palatable 16:9. Somehow, somehow, Grim Fandango is 20 years-old this year. The controls have been enhanced to help them better suit a console, but you can play with that ‘classic’ tank setup, should you wish. Lighting models now run in real-time, while almost every asset has had its textures upped to a much higher resolution. There’s just so much appreciate here.ĭouble Fine did a fine job deftly updating its own legacy with Grim (studio head Tim Schafer oversaw the original at LucasArts before it was shuttered and remains one of the most important creative minds in the industry) and the Nintendo Switch port benefits from each little adjustment as a result. Grim Fandango Remastered for the Nintendo Switch is now available for 14.99 on the Nintendo eShop.
It’s remained one of the best-loved adventure games ever made for a reason - the fact it was the first LucasArts adventure game to use 3D graphics on static backgrounds the way Peter McConnell’s eclectic score weaved Latin flavour with noir gloom the sheer brilliance of its voice performances. It doesn’t matter that this prim and proper version has been out elsewhere for nigh on four years - including plenty of handheld platforms at that - because it’s just as brilliant as ever.
Wherever you might sit on the spectrum, you’re in for a treat now that Grim Fandango Remastered has arrived on Nintendo Switch. A proper highlight for LucasArts, for a studio that was already pumping out some of the decade’s best software. But for many of us, Grim wasn’t just a game. A relic of an era where polygons were blocky, textures lacked detail and aspect ratios were square at best. Twenty years! For some of you reading this review, the following game might look just like any other title from the transformative PC gaming days of the ’90s. Somehow, somehow, Grim Fandango is 20 years-old this year.
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